A Key Largo man is in jail after he allegedly beat his dog nearly to death after it tried to run from him and then stole his steak.
"Bubba," a black Labrador, is in seriously bad shape after his owner, Noah Mitchell, performed a knee drop on the dog and dragged it around by the neck after getting mad at his pet over the weekend.
According to a police report quoting an eyewitness, Mitchell first got angry after the dog tried to run from him outside on Oct. 3.
Once dragged inside, Bubba snatched a steak from the kitchen counter and that set Mitchell off even more.
The man first body slammed the dog on the ground and then performed a knee drop on the canine. Then Mitchell tossed an unconscious Bubba in his cage.
Bubba suffered a collapsed lung, damage to his larynx and fractured ribs, veterinarians said. If Bubba was an hour later getting treatment, he would have died.
The 33-year-old faces animal cruelty charges. As for Bubba, he is being cared for at the South Dade Animal Hospital.
